Why justice must be done for Chibok girls - Oby Ezekwesili

<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOUroMdSPZvGvfgrLNDHmP7Etok5BcW_wksGAN5ZgE6J1FRonipGXhQp6X2weQnTlkPADWHvzuPQj_5uZEJ-yhY1TV5VoPjPHENQlARgJAhMRx8U8epG4DxnXyYPVF1OgqFlb9VGNFlZ__/s2560/%25255BUNSET%25255D.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOUroMdSPZvGvfgrLNDHmP7Etok5BcW_wksGAN5ZgE6J1FRonipGXhQp6X2weQnTlkPADWHvzuPQj_5uZEJ-yhY1TV5VoPjPHENQlARgJAhMRx8U8epG4DxnXyYPVF1OgqFlb9VGNFlZ__/s640/%25255BUNSET%25255D.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;"/></a>Oby Ezekwesili<br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> A former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, has declared that justice must be done in the case of the abducted Chibok girls because the abduction reflected the failure of governance.<br/> Speaking in Lagos yesterday, the Bring Back Our Girls campaigner insisted that the abduction issue was treated with levity by government.<br/> <br/> Ezekwesili, who was a guest at the Daystar Christian Centre, said the girls abducted on April 14, 2014 would have been rescued if they were children of the elite.<br/> She said:”Absolutely nothing is going to make me stop talking about the Chibok girls until justice is done for them. Why must justice be done for them? Justice must be done for our Chibok girls because they symbolize the failure of governance in a nation that does not understand that God absolutely looks at government as an institution that exists because of the needs of the poor. The rich and mighty can do without government. But government exists that the poor may be cared for.<br/> “For us, we stand to declare that our Chibok girls represent a turning point in our nation, and the reason is simple. A nation can afford to ignore its citizens when it sees no value in them. Nations that have made economic progress and achieved development are the ones that dignify the lives of their citizens. Citizens’ lives mean nothing. The likelihood is because there is something that substitutes for the citizens’ lives. In our own case, that something is called oil,” she said.</div>

Why justice must be done for Chibok girls - Oby Ezekwesili

Oby Ezekwesili A former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, has declared that justice must be done in the case of the abducted Chib...

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President Buhari Wasn't even Emotionally Connected to the Crying Mothers of Chibok - Ezekwesili

<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVDEgJww0_coYnu91kcGV2zQnfQ4vB4k-JiFjxP4yQHTSXWzSS8YqBuQ22FMgk82ArSkeQQNheUyuOpEOfgHzNePRUrnTwSvqPmbd2ItQiF5xhkvV9S4_Ozu4o8o5SQKsZDa-Jr7F9esWo/s2560/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVDEgJww0_coYnu91kcGV2zQnfQ4vB4k-JiFjxP4yQHTSXWzSS8YqBuQ22FMgk82ArSkeQQNheUyuOpEOfgHzNePRUrnTwSvqPmbd2ItQiF5xhkvV9S4_Ozu4o8o5SQKsZDa-Jr7F9esWo/s640/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;"/></a><br/> <br/> <br/> The Leader of the Bring Back Our Girls Group BBOG and formchiber Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili,expressed her thoughts towards the meeting of the Parents of the chibok girls and President Buhari.<br/> <br/> While speaking with the parents after the meeting while sitting at the Unity Fountain,she said President Buhari wasn't even emotionally connected to the cry of the parents.<br/> <br/> “You heard all the parents said at the meeting, is it because we are poor? Is it because we live in the forest? Is it because we live in the village? But that has no meaning in any society, there is no basis for discrimination on the basics of social status, political view, religious belief and other primordial device against any citizen. In the feedback from the President you can see clearly that the President feels that he has given his best in the efforts to rescue our Chibok girls, our President however was not able to emotionally connect to those crying mothers. That is an important attribute but we will continue to demand and we will take up the responsibility that the NSA has taken and we will make sure that we don’t stop until our girls are back and alive.”she said.</div>

President Buhari Wasn't even Emotionally Connected to the Crying Mothers of Chibok - Ezekwesili

The Leader of the Bring Back Our Girls Group BBOG and formchiber Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili,expressed her thoughts towards the...

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Late Nelson Mandela’s wife meets Chibok girls’ parents in Lagos

<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-slFWQzbNCnQ/VkcZZTLTh5I/AAAAAAAAGLM/D5UV2C3yYfM/s2560/%25255BUNSET%25255D.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-slFWQzbNCnQ/VkcZZTLTh5I/AAAAAAAAGLM/D5UV2C3yYfM/s640/%25255BUNSET%25255D.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;"/></a><br/> <br/> <br/> Widow of the late former South African President, Nelson Mandela, Graca Machel met with parents of the missing Chibok schoolgirls in Lagos on Friday during a meeting organised by the Murtala Muhammed Foundation to support the parents as they deal with the trauma caused by the April 14, 2014 abduction of the missing girls. She urged them to remain strong and hopeful.<br/> She said the world has not forgotten about the girls.<br/> Machel, who is a prominent child rights activist, said to the parents:<br/> “I shook hands with all of you and feel what is in your blood… I share the pain with you of not knowing when the girls will come back,” she reportedly told the parents.<br/> She also urged Nigerian and the international community to do more to free the missing girls.<br/> Seventeen of the girls' parents have died since their abduction, the BBC's Umar Elleman reports from the city.<br/> <br/> <b>BBC.</b></div>

Late Nelson Mandela’s wife meets Chibok girls’ parents in Lagos

Widow of the late former South African President, Nelson Mandela, Graca Machel met with parents of the missing Chibok schoolgirls in Lago...

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